In celebration of Europe Day, May 9th, we asked UNIC colleagues what being part of Europe means to them, and what being part of the UNIC European university alliance means to them.

Delegates from Cork attended the UNIC General Assembly and CityLabs Festival in Bilbao at the end of April 2023. The festival brought together participants from city, university and community sectors from UNIC partner cities for a three-day schedule of meetings, brainstorming activities, and signature UNIC CityLabs. In UNIC, the European University of Cities in Post-Industrial Transition, UCC is creating innovative forms of mobility and community engagement with nine partner universities across Europe and their cities.

Intercultural Dialogue: collaborative teaching and learning in international settings

This workshop is conducted in a collaboration of trainers from different UNIC universities. In the workshop you will meet teachers of partner-universities of the UNIC-Alliance, which come from: Belgium, Croatia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden and Turkey.

In this international setting you will familiarize with the concept of Virtual Exchange (especially COIL: 'Collaborative Online International Learning'), you will reflect on your own teaching culture and discover the learning and teaching culture of your partners. You will collaborate to create a Virtual Exchange setting for your students. You will create first ideas for fostering the collaboration of your students. You will discuss challenges of intercultural encounters and learn how to deal with them. You will have the chance to network with other teachers from the UNIC alliance.

Go Green with the Train instead of Plane (TIP) Scheme! Are you planning to take part in a course at a UNIC university? Will you travel a significant part of your journey by train or ferry? Then you should apply for the UNIC Train Instead of Plane (TIP) scheme.

Two Cork social innovators receive UNIC CityLabs Award to lead international co-design team initiatives under Global Challenge for Sport & Physical Activity.

This workshop is aimed at Lifelong Learning professionals, in particular those working with highly-educated jobseekers transitioning from higher education to entrepreneurship and working life. It takes place online on Tuesday 4th April 2023, 9am Irish time.

• ‘Redesigning the Post-Industrial City’ (RePIC) is a joint master’s programme for those interested in reconceptualising the civic, cultural, and social fabric of post-industrial cities.
• The programme will deliver cross-disciplinary research and teaching with insights from leading European academics and cultural partners as part of the UNIC European University Alliance.
• UCC will collaborate with Cork City Council and local civic, arts, and cultural organisations to bring contemporary urban challenges and solutions to life.
• RePIC students will live and study in up to three universities over two years.

Join us on Zoom for a special workshop that dives into the applications and integration of Engaged Research into eductation, through case studies, experience-sharing and discussion. 

 ISS21 (UCC's Institute for Social Studies in the 21st century) and UNIC present an online research seminar delivered as part of UCC's Refugee Week. Dr Gustavo de la Orden Bosch will speak on "Border Securitisation and the Criminalization of Migration Inside Schengen: The case of the Franco-Spanish border in the Basque Country".

Workshop 5 of the Lifelong Learning Series is an online workshop exploring the integration of migrant children in education. The workshop is aimed at anyone involved in Lifelong Learning. However, it may be of specific interest to anyone involved in the education and training of teachers who work with a multi-cultural and refugee population of migrant children.